set a standard Post Excerpt length

[Keith Vaugh+ 16]

Hi all The post excerpt option under the screen options is not adequate for my needs. I want to define a standard length of post excerpts on my main page http://etterhorses.com/new_site/ Ideally I'd like the length to default to something similar in this post http://etterhorses.com/new_site/?paged=2 I'm sure its possible to add some code to control the length. I'd appreciate your guidance.

[Kate 3]

Hi Keith, You can find the info on that here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt You would want to add the custom code to your functions.php file in your Base theme.

[Keith Vaugh+ 16]

Thanks Kate I'd prefer an option where it's not dependent on word count, i.e. maybe the size of the content area. Some of the content that will be published will be multiple short one lines, hence I'm hoping to minimise how far down the content are stretches.

[cmunns 16]

You can clip it using css property overflow:hidden...but I think that's an ugly approach, Kate's method is still best.

[jadrad 0]

Hi guys, Will this solution work if I want to have no excerpts on my pages? What I'm looking to do: Have my posts viewed as they are in full length, one after the other.